President Nixon held a brief, routine interaction with the White House operator while located in his Executive Office Building workspace. The primary purpose of this contact involved managing the President's immediate telephonic communications. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 405-4 Date: January 25, 1973 Time: Unknown between 7:54 am and 8:38 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-110]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.